Farm-gate



(No Model.)

R. E. MGCL'ELLAND.

FARM GATE. No. 606,177. Patented June 21,1898.

.l A M UNTTED STATES PATENT @EFICE.

ROBERT E. MCCLELLAND, OF IVILLIAMSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

FARM- GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 606,177, dated June 21,1898.

Application filed March 26, 1898. Serial No. 675,317. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. llIOCLEL- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resi-- dent of lYilliainsville, in the county of Sangamon, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFarm-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the fixtures used in hanging and controllingfarm-gates, such as are hung at the middle of the gate on the end of ahanging frame, and provides a way for securing the gate to the hangingframe and to easily raise and lower the gate and to hold it firmly inthe position in which it is placed.

I illustrate my invention with the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a View of a gate with my inven tion applied. Fig. 2 is anenlarged projection of the several parts of my invention. Fig. 3 is aView of the rod B, showing the grooves Z) I). Fig. 4 is a view of thecollar 0, and Fig. 5 is a View of't-he stirrup A.

Similar letters refer to similar par ts throughout the several drawings.

A stirrup A is secured to the gate by the bolt M, which has in each-arman oblong slot. The bar B, which is pivoted at the ends of the arms ofthe hanging frame, is passed through these slots, in which it fitseasily. Several grooves 79 are formed in the bar at convenientdistances, the bar at these grooves being circular in cross-section.Between the arms of stirrup A a collar 0 is also fitted upon the bar andis made thin enough to slip into grooves b; but the thickness of thearms of stirrup A is such thatit moves smoothly over I them. The gate isheld in any desired position by turning the collar 0 in the propergroove 1), so that it cannot further move along the bar B. If C is thusplaced in b, vwhen the stirrup A is lifted up from its lowest positionit holds A from moving downward, and if G is placed in b when A is inits lowest position then it holds A from being moved up on the bar B. Inthis manner the placing of the gate in any desired position on thehanging frame is easily and securely effected.

I am aware that there are inventions by which farm-gates hung on ahanging frame are raised and lowered by a ratchet and lever, or by apintle-rod and clamp and pin, or by a clevis and spring. I do not,.therefore, make my claim broadly; but

That I consider as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a gate; ahanging frame to which the gate is secured;a bar pivoted at the ends of the arms of the hanging frame, which barhas. several grooves formed in it, perpendicular to its central line; astirrup which is bolted to the gate and which slides on the bar throughslots in the arms of the stirrup a collarfitting about the bar betweenthe arms of the stirrup and which fits into the grooves in the bar andthus controls the movement of the stirrup on the bar, all substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

ROBT. E. MCOLELLAND.

In presence of' S. A. BULLARD, ROBT. A. BULLARD.

